eatc-airlines

A command-line tool and API for retrieving scheduled and historical flight data and generating Endless ATC airline configurations.

Features

• Fetch scheduled and past flights (up to 7 days, or 1 year with a subscription) from AirNav Radar.
• Convert flight data into airlines configuration for Endless ATC custom airspace.
• Analyse traffic flow statistics from flight data.
• Simple, fast, and works offline once data is fetched.
• No API key or authentication necessary.

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Installation

Requirements

• Node.js and NPM (Latest LTS version recommended).
• A terminal, Command Prompt (cmd.exe), or similar for executing shell commands.

Install Globally

Use your preferred terminal application to run the following command:

npm install -g eatc-airlines

Android Installation (via Termux)

1. Install Termux, a terminal emulator for Android:

   

2. Install Node.js and NPM:

   pkg install nodejs

3. Install eatc-airlines:

   npm i -g eatc-airlines

Updating

To update to the latest version:

npm install -g eatc-airlines@latest

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Usage

Fetching Flight Data

Retrieve scheduled and historical flights (up to 7 days in the past) for a specific airport.

Command:

eatc-airlines fetch <icao> [path]

• <icao> – ICAO airport code (e.g., EGLL for Heathrow).
• [path] – (Optional) File path to save the data. Defaults to a unique file in the current directory.

Example:

mkdir EGLL && cd EGLL
eatc-airlines fetch EGLL

Caution

Requests might be blocked by Cloudflare. Please see #52.

Note

The fetched JSON files should not be manually edited unless you know what you are doing.

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Generating airlines Configuration for Endless ATC

Convert fetched flight data into an airlines configuration for Endless ATC.

Command:

eatc-airlines gen <paths...>

• <paths...> – One or more JSON files or directories containing flight data.

Example:

# Convert all flight data in the current directory
eatc-airlines gen .

# Convert all files in a specific directory
eatc-airlines gen ./EGLL

# Convert specific files
eatc-airlines gen file1.json file2.json

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Analysing Traffic Flow

Generate basic statistics on traffic flow from fetched flight data.

Command:

eatc-airlines flow <paths...>

Uses the same arguments as the gen command.

Example:

eatc-airlines flow ./EGLL

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Contributing

This project is free and open-source under the GNU General Public License, Version 3. Contributions are welcome!

For inquiries or collaboration, contact:

Matrix	@zefir:cloudnode.pro
E-mail	eatc+airlines@zefir.pro

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This project is not authorised, endorsed, or associated with AirNav Radar or Endless ATC in any way.